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Hi Tim,

the system is recording the payment receipt date.
Can't you just add up all payments for a given day?
How likely is it that a customer makes two payments per day?

Regards,
Bernd

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:58:49 +0200
Penguin Products <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Paul
> 
> There is nothing wrong with Sql-Ledger or LedgerSMB, its just that some of
> us need (especially here in South Africa), those who deal with monthly
> accounts for our customers, need to see the actual payment from the
> customer.
> 
> What happens is that the agreement we have with our customers, is for
> example for all Purchases made by that customer between 1 march and 31
> march, so long as he pays us by the 30 April (Last day in April) he will not
> pay interest or penalties on that amount. This is what we call a 30 day
> account, although its not strictly 30 days as stuff bought on 1 March is
> more like 60 days but for better or worse, that is the system that is used
> here.
> 
> What this means that at the end of each month, we produce a report for our
> customers which we call a statement in it we show all the invoices still
> outstanding in the current, 30 day, 60 day etc columns but again the 30 day
> for example being what was due to be paid on the last day of the previous
> month, not what was owed 30 days from date of invoice, if you get my meaning
> from the paragraph above. We put in the customers payment in the apropriate
> column and we show a running balance down the right hand side  and across
> the bottom what is owed in the current, 30 days 60 days etc. The invoices we
> could sort out with a PHP script as that Data we could get at and sort
> etc... The problem comes with the payment. The customer wants to see on the
> statement what he paid and on what date, he is not worried about which
> invoice its allocated to and the problem was there was no specific address
> on the database that captured the customers specific payment and the date.
> One could add a journal entry into the general ledger, but it gets messy and
> is prone to error as you capture the payment in one place and then capture
> it again in the payments section to satisfy the needs of Sql-Ledger or
> LedgerSMB.
> 
> Its just one of those annoying things 95% of the information is there but
> unfortunately the 5% is critical to the report and the changes that need to
> be made to incorporate the 5% dont warrant the work and the cost. The Copy
> and paste works well enough for us into a spreadsheet and is not tooooo much
> of a problem, it would be nice though if we could handle it all in one
> package but then I guess if life was too easy too many people would be out
> of work and we would be bored stiff. Just thought I would mention it so that
> as these packages improve and develop it could possibly form part of a
> future upgrade.
> 
> I hope that my lengthy explanation helps, Paul, its not that Sql or SMB are
> faulty, some of us just need 2 additional bits of information (Payment and a
> date linked to a customer) that due to the way Sql  and SMB operate are not
> captured at this stage and as it is not something that appears to be
> universally used across the world I understand why it does not form part of
> the packages report architecture.
> 
> Tim Wade
> Penguin Products
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Paul Tammes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > The customer paid plus 250 and minus 60 making a total payment of 190.
> > You received 250 minus 60 making a total receipt of 190.
> >
> > Both SQL ledger and SMBledger report the very same, which seems totally
> > correct and adequate to me.
> > Sorry but I do not grasp the problem.
> >
> >
> > 2010/8/11 Alf Newman <[email protected]>
> >
> >> I make sql-Ledger.
> >> sale invoice for $250.
> >> credit note for $60.
> >> customer he now pay balance of $190.
> >> cash receipt report for this month shows receipt of $250, and receipt of
> >> *-*$60.
> >> where is receipt of $190 as paid by customer ?
> >> how to do correct entry to make correct report receipts ?
> >> thanks you
> >>
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